Chip-Holder for a Micro-Fluidic Chip
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Abstract
A chip-holder for holding a micro-fluidic chip has a fixer for detachably fixing the micro-fluidic chip in the chip-holder and at least one process control device configured to support control or monitoring of a chemical process in the micro-fluidic chip, wherein the chip-holder is configured such that the process control device and the micro-fluidic chip are directly and detachably coupled when the micro-fluidic chip is fixed in the chip-holder. Such a chip-holder brings along the advantage that the micro-fluidic chip can easily be removed and exchanged while the process control device can be reused. This reduces running costs of a chemical microreactor system drastically and allows for a very flexible usage of a chemical microreactor system.
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60 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A chip-holder for holding a micro-fluidic chip, the chip-holder comprising:
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a fixer for detachably fixing the micro-fluidic chip in the chip-holder; at least one process control device adapted to support control or monitoring of a chemical process in the micro-fluidic chip; and a printed circuit board adapted to provide electrical connection to the process control device; wherein the process control device is a sensor or an actuator; wherein the chip-holder is adapted such that the process control device and the micro-fluidic chip are directly and detachably coupled when the micro-fluidic chip is fixed in the chip-holder; wherein the process control device is adapted such that the process control device is in a direct fluidic contact with a fluid channel of the micro-fluidic chip by an opening of the micro-fluidic chip, when the micro-fluidic chip is fixed in the chip-holder; wherein the process control device is a device chip attached to the printed circuit board; wherein the chip holder comprises a sealing ring adapted to form a sealing which is impermeable to a fluid in the microfluidic chip when a circumference of an opening of the microfluidic chip is in contact with the sealing ring, in order to form a fluid chamber bounded by the microfluidic chip, the sealing ring and at least one out of the printed circuit board and the process control device chip, such that fluid from the fluid channel can get in contact with the process control device chip. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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